Friday, April 22, 2016

Great News - Prose Piece Accepted!

First off, please forgive me for not posting to my blog sooner
I had a prose piece titled "A Single Man Visiting Seattle" accepted for Microfiction Monday Magazine.  I have tried for some time to write it as a poem, but it apparently worked better in a different genre.
You may access it at http://microfictionmondaymagazine.com.  (It's under the 45th edition, posted April 4, 2016.)

Friday, February 14, 2014

Anonymity

Happy Valentine's Day, everybody.  I have uploaded a streaming video in which I read "Anonymity," a poem for Stephanie Corrine Ramirez, who is my beautiful wife, my loving soul mate, and my best friend, Stephanie Corrine Ramirez. 
 
Originally published in The Broad River Review in North Carolina, this poem was inspired by our honeymoon in Maui.  Please feel free to leave comments. 
 
Happy Valentine's Day, Stephanie.  I love you. 
 
 

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Discovering Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss"

This poem was originally published in the Spring 2008 edition of The Broad River Review, the literary journal for Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.  It is dedicate to Stephanie Corrine Ramirez, my wonderful wife and the wonderful mother to our two children, Gabriella and Nicholas.

Nine years ago on this day, I proposed to Stephanie, and eight years ago tomorrow will mark our eighth anniversary.  I cannot justifiably express how beautiful she is both internally and externally along with how supportive she has been with my poetry, with my career, and with countless other things in the time that I have known her.  For anyone familiar with Scripture, Stephanie is a Proverbs 31 wife, and she has mirrored the nature of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ better than anyone I have ever known.  She always finds new ways to be beautiful, and as I have told her, it was her looks that caught my attention but it was her heart that made me fall in love with her. 

So I will close with these words directed specifically for my wife: Stephanie, I love you.  Happy Anniversary.

To view the poem and hear it read, please click on the following link:
http://classmedia.scccd.edu/gr003/camtasia/Discovering_Gustav_Klimts_The_Kiss_-_20131001_143905_5.html

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Good News from San Luis Obispo

The other day, I found out that one of my poems will be included in if&when, a fairly new literary journal out of San Luis Obispo, California. 

Friday, April 12, 2013

Guest Poetry Lecture at Fresno Pacific University

Today, I had the great fortune to visit the poetry course at Fresno Pacific University.  Dr. Eleanor Nickel allowed me to guest lecture.  It was a great experience, as the students gave me "snapping fingers," a Beatnik variation on applause that I don't believe I had ever gotten from a group of people after reading my poems.  Among the poems I shared were "Chorizo," "September 10th," "Discovering Gustav Klimt's The Kiss," "Musings on a Multiethnic Moon," and "Night at Hume Lake."

The group of students asked great questions, and I had an awesome time sharing my poetry and discussing what it takes to write poetry.  I would like to thank Dr. Nickel and her class again for having me visit. 

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Good News from Hawai'i

I just found out yesterday that one of my poems will be published in Hawai'i Pacific Review, a literary magazine published through Hawai'i Pacific University.  Considering I found out that three of my poems will be published in Missouri, this has been a good month for me. 

As always, I thank God for these publications and those who are supportive of my poetry, especially my wife Stephanie.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Good News from Missouri

I just got news that three of my poems will be published in Cantos, a literary magazine published through Missouri Baptist University.  This is exciting, as this is the first publication I have had in almost two years.